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Even though Ryan's website showed him as taking paternity leave when I ordered spokes a week ago or so, they (the spokes, not the baby) still arrived very promptly.

For many of us whether or not a bike is electric has no significant impact on the choice of brakes. Electric is to help us up hills. The fastest we go is downhill; not pedalling and no assist at those speeds so electric makes no difference other than a small increase in weight. Generally we go...

Cytronex is not the right kit for us for various reasons, but we've used the shop a few times for other things and found the staff polite and helpful.

At least two downsides. You can't use hub gears with a rear hub motor. 2WD can help (front motor, rear rider). We've had several cases on our tandem where the rear has spun on slight uphill wet grass and the front has kept grip and pulled us away. Of course, weight distribution is different on...

You haven't said what sort of riding you expect to do. Front hub is fine for many situations, especially where it is fairly flat. You could look at mid motor or rear (as long as you don't decide on hub gears). I'd recommend Woosh for the kit. https://wooshbikes.co.uk/?hubkits Exactly matches...

Some bits are. US isn't a place to be poor.

Can it deter them from reckless riding of illegal e-motorbikes at dangerous speeds?

Have you also kept track of the life of these batteries; age, miles, recharge cycles, ...???

How many speeds is your current bike, and is it cassette or freewheel? For a rear wheel kit you need to get an appropriate kit or may end up needing to buy a few other bits. eg For that kit a new freewheel if your current bike has a cassette; and maybe even new shifters if your current bike has...

What you've ringed is a cadence sensor, typically just used to determine whether or not you are pedalling, but not how fast. It won't give speed, because that also depends on which gear you are in; and whether you are freewheeling. The one to the left looks as if it might be a speed sensor (I...

Unfortunately those bikes and others using the same Suntour system are notoriously unreliable. I don't know if you've already searched the forum, but you'll see various suggestions. Unplug all the connections, clean them up, and make sure they are really secure and fully pushed in. I seem to...

That bike appears to be really heavy. Many ebikes are pretty heavy, maybe 25kg. That one is 37kg gross weight (***). That is massive. If you are ever likely to need to lift it or manoeuvre it anywhere with your poor health, good luck. It's legally a motor bike, it almost looks like a motor...

I agree with the comments above; just clarifying (I hope) and reinforcing. If an ebike satisfies the various regulation (esp 15.5 mph max assisted speed, 250w max nominal continuous power) then the same rules apply as for a push bike. This excludes pavements and footpaths, but includes roads...

500w motor, so not legal as a pedelec. Must have max (nominal continuous) power 250w to qualify.

A smaller ah battery typically has fewer groups in parallel (and certainly does if the same cells are used for the smaller and bigger battery). This means it draws a higher current from each group, and so will have more voltage sag under heavy load. A smaller battery will need charging more...

Doesn't it depend how big the spanner is? For me just bending down to pick up the spanner is good for grunt number one.

They are all ebikes in my mind, with three important categories: pedelec, e-moped, e-motorbike. The definition of pedelec seems pretty clear: just a little vague about what the 250w really means, and the role of any throttle. I'm not clear about the distinction between moped and motorbike...

Does all of that apply to front hub ebikes? The front motor is likely to pull more than the rear motor (rider). Despite the disadvantages of front hub I've found it very effective on our tandem, and the two wheel drive aspect has often saved us from slipping on wet grass slight uphills. Of...

Under normal circumstances I agree. The exception is if you have an accident, in which case the bike may well be very thoroughly checked by an expert who really understands the nitty-gritty of the law. Last time I was flagged down by police in a car was in a rental 1/2 mile from picking it up...

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